Just a cup of ice? Well, it’s some Cup

THERE are buckets and there are buckets — just ask the boys at the Geelong footy club.

The Ice Bucket Challenge has gone viral on social media, with some of the world’s best-known celebrities and greatest athletes among a global movement to raise money for motor neurone disease, or ALS as it’s also known. And yesterday it reached the Cattery.

“It’s a simple, but very cold way of raising awareness of this terrible illness,” Selwood said.

“Hopefully it encourages people to make a donation.”

The concept is that after you’ve copped a bucket, you challenge others to endure, else donate.

And the Cats didn’t muck around there, either, putting the hard word on three former assistant coaches who’ve taken top jobs elsewhere — Brendan McCartney, Brenton Sanderson and Ken Hinkley.

The American ALS Association yesterday estimated the ice challenge had already raised $25 million in the past three weeks.

MND Australia yesterday said more than $30,000 had been raised locally in the past 10 days, but a world record attempt will be held at Etihad Stadium at 5pm tomorrow with more than 500 people expected to be doused.

Bombers give up holiday to help less fortunate

THE traditional boozy end-of-season trip has given way to a global awareness mission at Essendon.

A group of about five players is set to travel to India in October with World Vision.

David Zaharakis is among the group of young players making the 10-day trip.

“It’s 90 per cent we’ll be going in October,’’ he said.

“We’re at the final stages of preparation now. We’ll just go over to a small village in northern India and help out. It’s a bit of a leadership experience and we’ll see what we’re like in that situation.

“I’ve never been to a country like that with so much poverty and such a different way of living.

“From what I’ve researched so far, it’s a very different country than Australia.”

Killa kicks back to soak up the celebrity life

PEOPLE rallied around heartbroken pooch Killa yesterday after The Score revealed he was devastated not to have run through the banner with his “daddy”, Tom Rockliff, on Saturday night.

The Lions star played his 100th game, and said on Tuesday that Killa was gutted when he wasn’t able to play his part on the MCG.

But as fans wished him well yesterday via his Instagram account — @killa_sausage — the playboy dachshund appeared to have begun the healing process in style.

“Did you all read my write-up in the Herald Sun today? I’m a celebrity now,” Killa — wearing a jacket and sprawled on a couch — “wrote” to his fans.

“So from now on, this is how I sit! Ladies … call me 1800KILLA.”

And it appears Killa might have had some takers, with his Instagram following doubling, and then some, to more than 1500 followers.

The Whisper:

WITH a dearth of small forwards, odds are shortening daily that suspended former Saint Ahmed Saad will find his way back into the AFL next year with more than one club showing interest.

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